Seventeen-year-old Samuel Venkatesan is one of the voices representing young India at the Junior 8 summit in Rome this year. Joining him are 16-year old Sanjukta Pangi, from Koraput, Orissa and 15 year old Narendra Kumar from Rae-Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.

Selected by the local district administration and NGOs with support from UNICEF, these children join 56 other young people aged 14-17 years for the 5th chapter of the J8 summit currently held from 4-10 July, parallel to the G8 summit in Italy. Read More